(1) The porgy is a fine fish with firm and flaky flesh.(2) While deciding, we stared into the eyes of a striped bass, sea bass, porgy and red snapper.(3) Mixed schools of porgy and tang hovered over the wreck, and blue chromis, almost too small to spot easily, sought protection from predators within its crusty surface.(4) A tall, firm-flaked hunk of red porgy (‘pagro’ in Italian) arrives with a crisp, silvery skin and a brilliant little swish of sauce livened with a few briny olives and a couple of big caperberries, more succulent and subtle than tiny capers.(5) The dorades (which I have found are the equivalent of sea bream, of the porgy family) were on sale, and I bought two for a grand total of 7 euros.(6) I ate a porgy for the first time on Wednesday, an odd little tropical fish that is well known and loved by gourmands in this part of the world.(7) Assorted porgies cluster in decorative groups.(8) However, it makes a good home for numerous pufferfish, porgies and sweetlips, and surgeonfish shoal in the open water nearby.(9) You can fish undisturbed for bass and porgies at Menemsha Beach on the North Shore.(10) A thousand porgies are engulfed by a larger glittering and heaving mass of anchovies, constantly grouping and regrouping in a nervous silvery curtain - in the hope of staying alive.(11) There are a variety of other edible pan fish that may show up, such as grunts and porgies .
